The patcher.exe process is also known as the patcher.exe process and it belongs to the patcher.exe process and owned by the Greg Hughes Company. It is a non-system process, which means it originated from the software that the user installed within his or her computer system. Most applications store data within the user’s system registry and it is likely that the user’s registry suffered from fragmentation and thus accumulated invalid entries that can affect the computer system’s performance. Most non-system processes that are operating can be stopped as they are not involved directly in running the user’s computer system. The process is not CPU intensive. There are possibilities that running too many processes on a person’s computer system may affect the user’s computer performance; to lessen system overload, the user can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility in order to manually find and disable the processes that are launched during start-up. This process is not yet assigned a security rating.
How can I stop patcher.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. patcher.exe. is used by Patcher.exe, If you shut down patcher.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop patcher.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Patcher.exe, from your system.
After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.
Is this a virus or other security concern?
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as Patcher.exe, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.
Is patcher.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.
What can I do if patcher.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if patcher.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that patcher.exe, belongs to, in this case Patcher.exe